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Ĭaruana Galizia was exposed to politics in her late teens, having been arrested when she was 18 years old following participation in anti-government protests. She attended the University of Malta as a mature student and took a BA (Hons) in Archaeology with a minor in Anthropology in 1997, featuring on the Dean's List in 1996. She was educated at St Dorothy's Convent ( Mdina) and St Aloysius' College, Birkirkara. She was the eldest of four sisters born to the businessman Michael Alfred Vella and his wife Rose Marie Vella (née Mamo). 4.3 Investigation into the circumstances of the car bomb attackĭaphne Anne Vella was born on 26 August 1964 in Tower Road, Sliema.The GUE/NGL Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers & Defenders of the Right to Information was established in 2018 in honour of Galizia. In April 2018, an international consortium of 45 journalists published The Daphne Project, a collaboration to complete her investigative work. Police arrested Yorgen Fenech, the owner of the Dubai-based company 17 Black, on his yacht on 20 November 2019 in connection with her murder. In December 2017, three men were arrested in connection with the car bomb attack. On 16 October 2017, Caruana Galizia was murdered close to her home when a car bomb was detonated inside her vehicle, attracting widespread local and international condemnation of the attack. In 20, she revealed controversially sensitive information and allegations relating to a number of Maltese politicians and the Panama Papers scandal.

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Her blog consisted of investigative reporting and commentary, some of which was regarded as personal attacks on individuals, leading to a series of legal battles. She was a regular columnist with The Sunday Times of Malta and later The Malta Independent. Caruana Galizia's investigations were published via her personal blog Running Commentary, which she set up in 2008. She was arrested by the Malta Police Force on two occasions. Ĭaruana Galizia continued to publish articles for decades, despite intimidation and threats, libel suits and other lawsuits. Caruana Galizia's national and international reputation was built on her regular reporting of misconduct by Maltese politicians and politically exposed persons. In particular, she focused on investigative journalism, reporting on government corruption, nepotism, patronage, allegations of money laundering, links between Malta's online gambling industry and organized crime, Malta's citizenship-by-investment scheme, and payments from the government of Azerbaijan. Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia ( née Vella 26 August 1964 – 16 October 2017) was a Maltese writer, journalist, blogger and anti-corruption activist, who reported on political events in Malta.

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